project

Davis Projects for Peace.

A three-month Lahore intervention using theatre, role reversal, and facilitated dialogue to build a replicable peacebuilding model with Pashtun and Punjabi youth.

The method is rehearsal before persuasion.

The project treats theatre as civic infrastructure. Participants do not only discuss conflict; they inhabit each other's roles, test language in the room, and practice coexistence before it becomes an abstract demand.

Operating model.

Theatre and dialogue as a way to rehearse coexistence.

The Davis Projects for Peace grant supports a three-month intervention in Lahore with Pashtun and Punjabi youth. The project uses role reversal, theatre, and facilitated dialogue to build a replicable peacebuilding model.

The design moves from trust-building to story exchange, from story exchange to performance, and from performance to a practical guide that schools and community organizations can adapt.

Outputs.

public performance

A staged civic encounter

The final public performance turns participant work into a visible dialogue format for families, peers, educators, and local partners.

stage

documentary

Video record

A video documentary captures process, testimony, and the change in how participants understand conflict, identity, and ordinary coexistence.

media

replication guide

School and community toolkit

A practical guide documents the model for schools and community organizations that want to adapt theatre-based dialogue in other settings.

toolkit

For peacebuilding work that has to survive the room.

Reach out for program design, dialogue facilitation, or public storytelling around education and coexistence.

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